During National Nurses Week, the Cleveland Clinic honors and recognizes its more than 4,000 nurses who work in the hospital units and ambulatory clinics. A central feature of Nurses Week at Cleveland Clinic is the presentation of the annual Nursing Excellence Awards, given each year to select nursing, clinical and administrative personnel whose efforts exemplify the ideals and goals of nursing. Each award is named for a Cleveland Clinic nursing employee who in her career here exemplified the ideals and objectives of the nursing profession.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the Nursing Institute's Clinical Excellence Awards. This tradition is one that celebrates and recognizes the work and talents of the finest clinical leaders among us. Though we appreciate all the efforts of each and every caregiver throughout the year, this special time offers us the chance to single out those individuals who have made outstanding contributions. Let us congratulate these winners for their ongoing dedication to their profession.
The Karen Bourquin Award for Nursing Health Unit Coordinator and Patient Service Representative
Selina Drummer; M43 - PICU
The Carol Udycz Award for Excellence in Home Care Nursing
Susan Reif, RN, BSN, CWOCN; Home Care
The Emma Barr Award for Clinical Excellence
Deborah Zajac, RN-BC; T33 – Headache Clinic
The Kathleen O. Currie Preceptor Excellence Award
Lauren Mattern, BSN, RN, PCCN; J7 Cardiac Step-down
The Hannah Boland Award for Pediatric Clinical Excellence
Fran Ferguson, RN; M30 - Pediatrics
The Elizabeth Minnick Award for Clinical Excellence
Jennifer Grlicky, LPN; M35 – Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring
The Nightingale Physician Collaboration Award
Dr. Marc Popovich; Medical Director - SICU
The Abbie Porter Leadership Award
K. Kelly Hancock, MSN, RN, NE-BC; Nursing Director - Heart and Vascular Institute
The Marilyn Tetonis Nursing Unit Excellence Award
M31 – Neonatal ICU; Mary Beth Sevastos, RNC, BSN - Nurse Manager
The Corrine Hofstetter Ambulatory Nursing Unit Excellence Award
Strongsville Family Health Center; Ruthann Gavrilescu, RN, BSN, M.Ed - Clinical Manager
The Edward E. Rogers Award for Excellence in Clinical Support
Joann Hill-Andrews, PCNA; H71 – Urology/GYN
The Sharon J. Coulter Patient Support Service Collaboration Award
Joanna Reid DeMarco, MS, CHES; Center for Consumer Health Information
The Poinsetta Jeffery Humanitarian Award
Rebecca Sauvey, RN, RD/LD, CDE; Nursing Education and Professional Practice Development
The Linda Solar Award for Operating Room Excellence
Colleen Ludvik, RN
The Carolyn T. Nieman Award for Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing
Meredith Lahl, MSN, RN, CNS
The Nancy M. Albert Nursing Research Excellence Award
Carol Dennison, ACNP-BC, CCRN
